SJÄLAVÅRD: FÖR ETT TRANSFORMATIVT QUEERTEOLOGISKT PERSPEKTIV PÅ DEPRESSION
2023 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE credits
Student thesisAlternative title
Pastoral Care : Towards a Transformative Queer theological Perspective on Depression (English)
Abstract [en]
My approach in this exploratory thesis is to lay the foundation for the development of pastoral care for a new time and a new social situation, and to build a foundation for later studies to be able to apply existential queer theological perspectives to the pastoral care work within the Church of Sweden. The work is thus hypoyhesisgenerating in order to develop a method. This is done on the basis of a literature review. By bringing together two theoretical areas, a foundation is created for the development with in the next stage of a new model and tools that improve practical interventions in theological contexts, and that provide new approaches to pastoral care when meeting confidants suffering from depression. athe diagnosis of depression is increasing drastically and affects the world health situation at large. We live in a secular/post-secualr age, when neo-liberalism with its system measures everything in terms of efficiency, productivity and profit. Existential perspectives are generally missing in the National Board of Health and Welfare´s guidelines regarding health today, and the question is what the transformative approach of existential queer theology can contribute to the theological and pastoral care work/meeting with depressed people. My theory is that these perspectives open new avenues for pastoral care in a theological context to contribute to personal health. It is about laying the faoundation for the development of pastoral care with a transformative perspective, for a new time and a new situation. The results and conclusions of the study will be used to develop practice in future research.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023. , p. 30
Keywords [en]
depression, existential health, pastoral care, queer theory transformative
National Category
Religious Studies
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ths:diva-1877OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ths-1877DiVA, id: diva2:1760688
Subject / course
Practical Theology including Religious Behavioural Sciences
Educational program
Theological Program, Minister in The Church of Sweden
Supervisors
Examiners
2023-06-012023-05-302023-10-11Bibliographically approved